Borregaard is a Norwegian company, established in 1889 in the southeastern town of Sarpsborg in Østfold county. Its main products were traditionally

pulp and paper The pulp and paper industry comprises companies that use wood as raw material and produce pulp, paper, paperboard and other cellulose-based products. Manufacturing process The pulp is fed to a paper machine where it is formed as a paper web an ...

. The company later started producing chemicals based on timber as a raw material. After a takeover in 1986, Borregaard was part of the chemical division of the Orkla Group until it was spun off and introduced to the Oslo Stock Exchange in October 2012. It had 1050 employees in 2016. The company's core business is based on a Biorefinery that manufactures products based on the different components in wood. Important products are speciality cellulose,

lignin Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers that form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants. Lignins are particularly important in the formation of cell walls, especially in wood and bark, because they lend rigidity ...

products (

lignosulphonates Lignosulfonates (LS) are water-soluble anionic polyelectrolyte polymers: they are byproducts from the production of wood pulp using sulfite process, sulfite pulping. Most delignification in sulfite pulping involves acidic cleavage of ether bonds, ...

), bio ethanol, yeast and yeast extracts and lignin based vanillin. The company also produces ethyl vanillin, diphenols and fine chemicals.

History

The name "Borregaard" was connected to Borgargjerdi, the royal seat during the reign of

Olav the Holy Olaf II Haraldsson ( – 29 July 1030), later known as Saint Olaf (and traditionally as St. Olave), was List of Norwegian monarchs, King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfold, Norway, he was posthumously ...

(1016). In 1312 the estate was handed over from the king and became a country estate which changed hands several times until 1889, when British company The Kellner Partington Paper Pulp Co. Ltd. became its owner. This company built a cellulose factory near

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waterfall. In 1918 a holding company called Borregaard was established in order to transfer the business into Norwegian hands. Until the Second World War Borregaard's main products were cellulose and paper, but then Borregaard started production of various chemical products and activities in other areas. In 1986 Borregaard merged with Orkla Industries into Orkla Borregaard. When Orkla Borregaard then merged with Nora Industries in 1992, the new company took the name Orkla, while the chemicals business kept the Borregaard name. On the 18th of October 2012 Borregaard was separated from Orkla and was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Subsidiaries

Borregaard ChemCell

Borregaard ChemCell is a producer of advanced speciality cellulose based on

softwood file:Pinus sylvestris wood ray section 1 beentree.jpg, Scots Pine, a typical and well-known softwood Softwood is wood from gymnosperm trees such as conifers. The term is opposed to hardwood, which is the wood from angiosperm trees. The main diff ...

Spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ...

. Borregaards has a Cellulose plant in Sarpsborg, Norway. 2002 brought Borregaard an additional ChemCell plant in Solothurn, Switzerland. This plant was closed 2008. Customers are manufacturers of cellulose

derivatives The derivative of a function is the rate of change of the function's output relative to its input value. Derivative may also refer to: In mathematics and economics * Brzozowski derivative in the theory of formal languages * Formal derivative, an ...

, such as cellulose ethers and esters, acetate cellulose and micro-crystalline cellulose. Borregaard ChemCell also produces cellulose for textile fibres, plastic products and a variety of paper qualities. Borregaard's plant in Norway was erected in 1891, The Swiss plant, former Atisholz started production as early as 1884. Both plant utilizes a

calcium sulphite Calcium sulfite, or calcium sulphite, is a chemical compound, the calcium salt of sulfite with the formula CaSO3·x(H2O). Two crystalline forms are known, the hemihydrate and the tetrahydrate, respectively CaSO3·½(H2O) and CaSO3·4(H2O). All fo ...

based

digesting Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble food molecules so that they can be absorbed into the watery blood plasma. In certain organisms, these smaller substances are absorbed through the small intest ...

proses which gives high viscosity cellulose with high purity. Bio ethanol and basic chemicals The

sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...

compounds in wood is used to manufacture bio ethanol. Borregaard also produces caustic soda, hydrochloric acid and bleaching chemicals for captive use and for sale to external customers.

Borregaard LignoTech

Borregaard LignoTech is a supplier of lignin-based binding and dispersing agents (

lignosulphonate Lignosulfonates (LS) are water-soluble anionic polyelectrolyte polymers: they are byproducts from the production of wood pulp using sulfite pulping. Most delignification in sulfite pulping involves acidic cleavage of ether bonds, which connect m ...

). Lignin is the binding agent in wood and is extracted as lignosulphonate during the production of cellulose. The company has production units in Norway, US, Brazil, Germany, and the UK, and joint venture units in South Africa, Spain, and the US. LignoTech's lignin products are used as dispersing agents in concrete, textile dyes, agrochemicals, batteries and ceramic products, or as binding agents in animal feed and briquettes. Lignin products improve the end-use properties and strengthen the structure of concrete. Lignin-based products are also used in connection with oil drilling.

Borregaard Synthesis

Borregaard Synthesis provides intermediates for non-ionic X-ray contrast media, and has dedicated plants for this market. The company also supplies advanced intermediates, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for several medicines. The production facilities is located at the Borregaard production site in Sarpsborg, Norway. The company also produces

diphenol Diphenol may refer to: * Benzenediols * Bisphenols * Dihydroxybiphenyls * Certain polyphenol Polyphenols () are a large family of naturally occurring organic compounds characterized by multiples of phenol units. They are abundant in plants an ...

s at its plant in Ravenna, Italy.

Borregaard Ingredients

Borregaard manufactures ingredients based on natural raw materials. Omega-3 oil Borregaard supplies omega-3 specialty oils designed for use in functional food such as dairy products, juice, sausages and sweets. Vanillin The company is the only supplier of vanillin produced from wood (lignin). Borregaard also supplies vanillin and

ethyl vanillin Ethylvanillin is the organic compound with the chemical formula, formula (C2H5O)(HO)C6H3CHO. This colorless solid consists of a benzene ring with hydroxyl, ethoxy, and aldehyde, formyl groups on the 4, 3, and 1 positions, respectively. It is a hom ...

products based on petrochemical raw materials. Yeast products Borregaard's plant in Switzerland produces protein-rich torula yeast, based on sugar compounds in wood, for use in food products and selected animal feed products. Borregaard also manufactures various yeast extracts that are used as taste enhancers with good nutritional properties in sauces, soups, baby food, pizza and meat products.

General directors and managing directors

* 1918–1933 :

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* 1933–1960 :

Arne Meidell file:Arne Meidell.jpg, Arne Meidell. Arne Meidell (17 November 1894 – 8 August 1963) was a Norwegian jurist and businessperson. He was born in Oslo, Kristiania as a son of barrister Kristian Garup Meidell (1866–1926) and Kristine Marie Birkela ...

* 1960–1978 :

Rein Henriksen Rein Henriksen (17 December 1915 – 29 April 1994) was a Norway, Norwegian lawyer and industrialist. He was born in Oslo as a son of Gustav Henriksen, Gustav Severin Henriksen. He was hired in Borregaard, Borregaard Industrier in 1947, and advance ...

* 1978–1985 :

Oddmund Sørhuus Oddmund is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Oddmund Andersen (1915–1999), Norwegian footballer *Oddmund Finnseth (born 1957), Norwegian jazz musician, composer and music teacher *Oddmund Hagen (born 1950), Norwegian poet ...

* 1986–1999 :

Egil Ullebø Egil or Egill is a masculine given name derived from Old Norse. It may refer to: Characters * Egil (Hymiskvida), farmer in the poem ''Hymiskvida'' * Egil, brother of Volund, hero of Völundarkviða and the Thidreks saga * Egil One-Hand, hero from ...

* 1999– :

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Legionella epidemic

In May 2005 there was a legionellosis outbreak in Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg area. It was confirmed that an air scrubbers on Borregaard's plant in Sarpsborg, Norway was the source of the worst legionella epidemic in Norwegian history. The epidemic spread to at least 56 people, of whom ten died. In 2008 there was a new legionellosis outbreak in Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg area. This time it was concluded that the biological treatment plant was connected with both outbreaks. The biological treatment plant was immediately shut down.http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostfold/1.6202972 Borregaard stenger anlegg – Østfold – NRK Nyheter (Norwegian) A replacement plant, based on different technology, was opened in February 2014.

References

External links

Corporate website

Borregaard ChemCell

Borregaard LignoTech

Borregaard Ingredients

Borregaard Synthesis

Orkla ASA
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